Capital markets
From The Report: Qatar 2026
View in Online Reader
After showing strong growth in the period leading up to 2026, Qatar’s capital markets have since demonstrated both resilience and flexibility in the face of the recent Iran conflict. Investment in manufacturing, digital transformation, logistics and tourism, along with growth in liquefied natural gas production, continue to be medium- and long-term growth drivers for the country. In the shorter term, investors are also looking forward to post-conflict reconstruction and rebuilding in places like Syria and Iraq. Meanwhile, on the regulatory side, a new draft investment law announced at the start of 2026 is widely expected to end many remaining barriers to 100% foreign ownership, further expanding the reach and depth of the country’s capital markets. The longer-term fundamentals remain positive, reflecting the country’s economic resiliency. This could also be said of the QSE’s equities market and the country’s economy overall going into the second half of 2026.
